From: "Pavlos" Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: Terminal Programming Date: Sat, 24 Jul 1999 07:09:03 +0300 Organization: An OTEnet S.A. customer Lines: 13 Message-ID: <7nbebb$3ih$1@newssrv.otenet.gr> References: <3798FE1B DOT AE7EEEC AT mindspring DOT com> <3799351D DOT FC119898 AT mindspring DOT com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dram-a09.otenet.gr X-Trace: newssrv.otenet.gr 932789419 3665 195.167.113.232 (24 Jul 1999 04:10:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse AT otenet DOT gr NNTP-Posting-Date: 24 Jul 1999 04:10:19 GMT X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com > answering my own question here, but it might help somebody out: use: >if(strcmp(buf,"sd") { sd(); } >instead of: if(buf=="sd") { sd(); } > It should be if(!strcmp(buf, "sd") {sd();} because strcmp returns 0 when to strings match. Pavlos